Indian sculpture and painting, illustrated by typical masterpieces, with an explanation of their motives and ideals (1908)
Havell, E. B. (Ernest Binfield), 1861-1934 · London, J. Murray · leaf 431
artistic instinctsof Indian youth with his own pedantic formularies,the Indian artist found his traditional methodswere perfectly adequate for obtaining that responsefrom his public which every artist needs. It is one of the characteristics of a healthynational art that the artist has no need of… … NATIONAL ART-CULTURE 231 extraneous effects to make himself appreciated byhis public. He is the exponent of national art-culture, not a specialist shut up in a narrowdomain of knowledge from which the world atlarge is excluded. He, therefore, can be sure thata suggestion of his own…
Sculpture · Painting
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